diff --git a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/neoextractors/plexon2.py b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/neoextractors/plexon2.py
index fe24ba6f46..256c112e6f 100644
--- a/src/spikeinterface/extractors/neoextractors/plexon2.py
+++ b/src/spikeinterface/extractors/neoextractors/plexon2.py
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ class Plexon2RecordingExtractor(NeoBaseRecordingExtractor):
     def __init__(self, file_path, stream_id=None, stream_name=None, all_annotations=False):
         neo_kwargs = self.map_to_neo_kwargs(file_path)
         NeoBaseRecordingExtractor.__init__(
-            self, stream_id=stream_id, stream_name=stream_name, all_annotations=all_annotations, **neo_kwargs
+            self,
+            stream_id=stream_id,
+            stream_name=stream_name,
+            all_annotations=all_annotations,
+            use_names_as_ids=True,
+            **neo_kwargs,
         )
         self._kwargs.update({"file_path": str(file_path)})